RE: vanes and a whisper bisquit
Do you have a vane passing through the black part of the WB brissles? Try to offset your fletches to just shoot through the brown part only.
This could be the issue of tearing vanes.
What do you say when two or more vanes are torn?
I'm still thinking it could be the issue of tired dried out fletcing glue from a bow stored in a closet.